AS Sociology June 2015 G671 Pre-release material

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Define the concept of femininity. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two agents of socialisation influence age related behaviour [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate why males adopt a laddish culture [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate why a sociologist might decide to use more than one method of data collection to research young people and laddish behaviour. [52]

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Define the concept of identity. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two ways in which education socialises children. [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the importance of the family in the creation and reinforcement of ethnic identities. [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of ethnography as a way of researching young children’s ethnic identity. [52]

1.

Define the concept of popular culture. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two ways in which young people are influenced by their peers [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the ways which class may influence a person’s identity. [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of qualitative data collection techniques to research the identities of young people who are seen as school failures . [52]

1.

Define the concept of status. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

2.

Outline and explain two mechanisms of social control [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate how males are socialised into traditional masculinities [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of semi-structured interviews to research the importance of work in shaping peoples identities [52]

1.

Define the concept of consumer culture. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two ways in which the media socialises individuals [16]

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Explain and briefly evaluate the view that age is the most important source of a person’s identity [24]

4.

Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of quantitative methods to research the importance of age to people advertising for new partners [52]

1.

Define the concept of roles. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

2.

Outline and explain two ways in which the workplace socialises individuals [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the role of the family in socialising females into a feminine identity [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of qualitative methods to research why some women choose to be childfree [52]

1.

Define the concept of values. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two types of culture. [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the importance of the media in creating and reinforcing age identities. [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of questionnaires to research the importance of consumer products to the identities of young people [52]

1.

Define the concept of subculture. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two types of masculinities. [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the importance of the peer groups in creating and reinforcing identity. [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of ethnography in researching the identities of young working class males [52]

1.

Define the concept of status. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

2.

Outline and explain two ways in which individuals experience social control [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the view that age identities are created by socialisation [24]

4.

Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of unstructured interviews to study how retirement influences individuals age identities [52]

1.

Define the concept of global culture. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

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Outline and explain two ways individuals are socialised into their social class identities [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the view that an individuals identify is created by ‘nurture’ rather than nature [24]

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Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of quantitative methods for researching the importance of social class as a source of identity [52]

1.

Define the concept of cultural diversity. Illustrate your answer with examples. [8]

2.

Outline and explain two ways individuals are socialised into their identities [16]

3.

Explain and briefly evaluate the view that hybrid identities exist in the contemporary UK [24]

4.

Using the pre-release material and your wider sociological knowledge, explain and evaluate the use of mixed methods for studying the relationship between children’s play and ethnic group segregation [52]